She will be introducing one of our favorite lecturers from the university of wisconsin, press minor who is actually a georgetown at the moment. I will let her discuss what he will be speaking about. Justice ginsburg has been a great friend to the society and has been a storm narrowly generous in giving her time. No one in the society can call a time when she declined other than when she has been out of the country when we requested for assistance. We thank her again this evening. [applause] but we have just a moment. Let me have just a moment. I know. Give me a moment because Justice Ginsburgs special, as we all know right now. Justice ginsburg was born in brooklyn on the ides of march in 1933. She graduated with a great distinction from cornell and she was doing superbly at harvard for the first two years when she moved to new york and finished at columbia. Workingt two years for a federal judge in new york. She learned swedish to be able to write a book about swedish civil procedures
Each week, american artifacts visits a historic places. Wed traveled to learn about Congress Hall, the Meeting Place untilngress from 1790 1800. Our guide is park Ranger Matthew ifill. In the years that washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as the temporary capital. The second floor was the United States senate. The house of representatives each representative at that point in our history 130,000ted 100,000 people. We had 106 members of the house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. Secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally the commitment to the constitution by coming to congress in this building and officially announcing we have changed our constitution, which of worst, the bill of rights is a which of
30,000 people. We had a population of the first census of we had 106 members of 3. 70 5 million. The house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. Secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally announce the commitment to the constitution by coming to the amendments to the constitution by coming to congress in this building and officially announcing we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of rights is a huge part of our history. But also the amendment process itself. We are proving that part of the constitution works, that we can update and make changes to the constitution without having to start completely over from the beginning. But really this building, to a large degree, it is creating the american polit
National historical park. Our guide is matthew ifo. Ranger ifill in the years that washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as the temporary capital. The second floor was the United States senate. The house of representatives each representative at that point in our history represented 130,000 people. We had 106 members of the house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. Secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally announce the commitment to the constitution by coming to congress in this building and officially announcing we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of rights is a huge part of our history. But also the amendment process itself. We are proving that part of the constitution works, t
Questions are raised about money misspent and abusive power. Its a family tragedy that could happen to anyone. They took my parents. I didnt know who, i didnt know what. We were kidnapped and raped, both. Darcy what could make someone say such things . A county system sanctioned by the court with an amazing amount of unchecked power. This killed them i thought nazi germany was done in 1946. I didnt know it still existed in america. Darcy those words from the north family. Youll hear more in a few moments. But first we want to tell you about jason hanson. He was the focus of a report we first aired in march. While jason was in the guardianship system, he lost the house his father wanted to leave for him. And his care raised many questions. Im perfectly mentally capable except for the fact that i have cerebral palsy. Darcy jason was involved in the guardianship when he was child. Court Officials Say that ended in 2007 when he turned 18, but that didnt keep the court from ruling on his ca